Episode 263 - Burton's Circus
I was chatting to a member of my local historical societyand he mentioned how in the research of his books in local pubs in our area (Deniliquin NSW),that one publican was a circus owner! It immediate...
28 Mar 49min
Episode 262 - Amy Stone
Amy Stone was born Amanda Porter in 1840 in Massachusetts, USA. She married, Henry F. Stone, known as Harry, on the 16 Sept 1857 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Harry was her personal manager and she u...
25 Mar 32min
Episode 261 - The Skater
Frederick Richardson had four marriages, six children, a fling with a fifteen-year-old that led to a seventh child, two divorces, one bigamy prosecution, a charge for wife desertion, and another char...
22 Mar 30min
Episode 260 - The Double Bigamist
The eldest of 15 children, William Eric Hamilton was born inDecember 1907 in Emmaville NSW. His father was a tin miner until 1928 when the family moved to Surry Hills. He was the only child who seemed...
18 Mar 31min
Episode 259 - Daniel Doran
Daniel Doran had a string of small offences in SA and NSW, but his biggest offence was bigamy – several times!!
15 Mar 29min
Episode 258 - The Heiress
The title of this episode indicates this story is about royalty – it couldn’t be further from the truth!Lilian Grace Dorothy Gibson was born in 1886 in India to James and Julia Gibson. Lilian used a n...
11 Mar 23min
Shorts Episode #33 - Emily Claughton
In 1926, Emily Claughton left an estate worth nearly 130,000 pounds to charities and churches. Who was Emily Claughton, how did she come to be sowealthy and why did she not leave anything to her famil...
7 Mar 21min
Episode 257 - The Prince's Visit to Australia
Between 1879 and 1882, His Royal Highnesses Prince Albert Victor and Prince George (the future King George V), sons of the Prince of Wales (later King Edward 7th), served as a midshipman on-board HMS ...
7 Mar 26min
